Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Bishnupriya Manipuri writers condole death of B’desh social activist

GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The Bishnupriya Manipuri Writers’ Forum (BMWF), Guwahati, condoled the death of Bangladesh Manipuri Samaj Kalyan Samiti president Padmasen Sinha, who was one of the working presidents of the Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha (NBMM). The social worker died in Bangladesh on August 14. Talking to The Sentinel over telephone, BMWF president DILS Lakshmindra Sinha said that Padmasen Sinha, who was the executive engineer of the Sylhet Municipal Corporation (SMC), had led a group of muktibahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was actively associated with many Bishnupriya Manipuri organizations in Bangladesh and India, DILS Sinha said, and added that the untimely demise of the social worker would create a void that would be very difficult to fill.